matter who is elected, they table this for six months whether it's a re-elected president obama or newly elected president romney, deal with it in the substantive way going so far as to reform the tax code, everything you want. do you think that happens? >> i think that could happen regardless who is president because markets begin to rattle their chapes, it's like a dungeon. neil: why have they not rattled yet? >> they are waiting for this to pass. neil: so any sign it might not happen. >> in they look at america as some of the stupiddist people on earth. if you go over the cliff with a mindless sequester, $6 billion with an ax, they say you are dysfunctional. we want more money for the money. inflation kicks in, interest rates go up, and the guy hurt the worst is the little guy everybody talks about day and night. neil: well put, very well put. senator, it's always a pleasure. >> go forth and multiply. neil: family show, senator. as the senator pointed out, there's a great deal of attention focused now at the end of the year because i know we're riveted on the lexes about five weeks aw